Guides

How Bluesky's follow graph, limits and app passwords actually work — written while building a tool that has to respect all three.

• How Bluesky's rate limits actually work The points system behind follows, unfollows and posts on Bluesky — what the numbers are, what happens when you hit them, and how to stay clear.
• How to see who doesn't follow you back on Bluesky Three ways to find the accounts that never followed you back — by hand, with the API, or in one click — and what to do with the answer.
• App passwords and "Sign in with Bluesky", explained What an app password is, why third-party tools ask for one, how OAuth is replacing them, and how to revoke access in ten seconds.
• How to clean up who you follow (without wrecking your feed) A practical order of operations for pruning a Bluesky following list — what to cut, what to keep, and the mistakes that cost you reach.
• Bluesky's follow graph is public — what that means for you On the AT Protocol your follows are open data, readable by anyone without a login. Here's what that enables, what it exposes, and how starter packs and feeds change the picture.